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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2016
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Francis Xavier Surjo-Subagio, Irvine, CA (US);
Brian David Fisher, Irvine, CA (US);
David Edward Maldonado, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Patrick Gilmore, Agoura Hills, CA (US);
Christopher Thomas Larson, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Yu Ping Hu, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
Techniques for forking and merging of electronically presented content items, such as MMO and other video games, are described herein. In particular, a first content item session may be forked to generate a second (forked) content item session. The first and forked content item sessions may then continue to execute and evolve in separate directions from one another. In some examples, a user of the forked content item session may serve as an administrator of the forked content item session and may receive compensation in exchange for serving as an administrator. Additionally, one or more forked or other separate content item sessions may be merged together to form a merged content item session. In some examples, conflicts between merged content item sessions may be identified and resolved based, at least in part, on input from administrators.